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Ezekiel 22:7
7The people in the city do not respect their parents. They have been cruel to the foreigners who live among you. They have cheated widows and children who have no family.
Ezekiel 22:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
- New International Version (NIV)In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
Context of Ezekiel 22:7
5The people of countries that are near to you will laugh at you. Those who live far away will also laugh at you. You will no longer receive any honour because your city is full of trouble. 6Each ruler of Israel that lives in you, Jerusalem, has been a murderer. Each one has used his power to kill people. The people in the city do not respect their parents. They have been cruel to the foreigners who live among you. They have cheated widows and children who have no family. 8You have not respected my holy things. You have not made my Sabbath days special. 9There are men among you who tell lies so that they can kill other people. There are people who eat the food of idols on the mountains. They do disgusting things among you.
Read all of Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 22:7 word by word
אָ֤ב וָאֵם֙ הֵקַ֣לּוּ בָ֔ךְ לַגֵּ֛ר עָשׂ֥וּ בַעֹ֖שֶׁק בְּתוֹכֵ֑ךְ יָת֥וֹם וְאַלְמָנָ֖ה ה֥וֹנוּ בָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- In thee have they set lightקָלַלqâlal · to lightenH7043
- by fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- and motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
- in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
- of thee have they dealtעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- by oppressionעֹ֫שֶׁק‛ôsheq · oppressionH6233
- with the strangerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
- in thee have they vexedיָנָהyânâh · to oppressH3238
- the fatherlessיָתוֹםyâthôm · orphanH3490
- and the widowאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490
Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:7
- Exodus 21:17If someone curses his father or his mother, you must punish him with death.
- Leviticus 20:9If a person says bad things about his mother or his father, you must kill him. He has destroyed their honour. His sin will cause his death.
- Deuteronomy 27:16‘God will curse anyone who does not respect his parents.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Yes, we agree!’
- Proverbs 20:20If you insult your parents, your life will quickly finish, like a lamp that suddenly goes out and leaves you in complete darkness.
- Proverbs 30:11There are some people who curse their fathers. They do not bless their mothers.
- Matthew 15:4God's Law says: “You must love your father and mother and obey them.” God also said, “A person should die if he says bad things against his father or against his mother.”
- Matthew 7:10If he asks you for a fish, you would not give him a snake.
- Ezekiel 22:29The people in the land make people give them money. They rob people. They are cruel to poor people and to weak people. They cheat foreign people who live among them. They do not allow them to have justice.
- Ezekiel 18:12He might be cruel to people who are poor and weak. He might take things that belong to other people. He might not give back things that he took as a guarantee. He prays to idols. He does disgusting things.
- Exodus 22:21Never be cruel to a foreign person or give them trouble. Remember that you yourselves lived in Egypt as foreigners.
- Deuteronomy 27:19‘God will curse anyone who stops foreigners, widows or children who have no family from receiving justice.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Yes, we agree!’
- Proverbs 22:221. Do not cheat poor people just because they are poor. Do not attack helpless people in court.
- Jeremiah 7:6Do not be cruel to foreigners who are living among you. Do not be cruel to widows, or to children who have no family. You must stop murdering people. You must stop worshipping other gods. If you live like that, it will destroy you.
- Zechariah 7:10Do not cheat widows or children who have no family. Do not cheat foreigners or poor people. Do not think secretly of ways to hurt each other.”
- Malachi 3:5At that time, I will come among you as your judge. I will speak clearly against those who have done wrong things. I will punish the magicians, the adulterers and those who tell lies against other people. I will punish those people who are cruel to their workers, or they deceive widows or children who have no family. And I will punish those who do not help foreigners who live among them. People who do those things show that they do not respect me.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7In thee have they set light - The children do not reverence their parents. Parental affection and filial respect do not exist among you. The stranger is not only not succoured, but he is oppressed. The widows and fatherless are vexed by wrongs and exactions.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7the foreign resident is exploited: Compare Exodus 22:21; 23:9; Leviticus 19:33–34; Deuteronomy 10:18–19.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-127. set light by--Children have made light of, disrespected, father ... (De 27:16). At Eze 22:7-12 are enumerated the sins committed in violation of Moses' law.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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